MOSAIK

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May 28, 2020 11:54:03 AM (5 years ago)

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+== WP-P3: Extended interface to mesoscale models: expansion to further variables (precipitation, clouds, chemistry) and models; optimisation and parallelisation
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+=== Goals of the project:
+Already during period 1 of MOSAIK the DWD developed a first version of the mesoscale interface INIFOR (INItialisation and FORcing) for PALM-4U (Kadasch, 2018). With support of INIFOR users can perform and analyse PALM-4U urban microclimate simulations under real synoptical conditions. INIFOR was developed as a stand-alone pre-processor, which is now part of the PALM-4U model system. It provides realistic, non-stationary forcing data for PALM-4U based on the operational output of the mesoscale model COSMO-DE (and its more recent higher-resolution configuration COSMO-D2). The goal within phase 2 of MOSAIK is the extension and improvement of INIFOR to allow the forcing of PALM-4U by further mesoscale models and the consideration of additional parameters, e.g. cloud physical or air quality parameters. 
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+=== Tasks of the project
+The task for period 2 is the expansion and refinement of  INIFOR in the following areas:
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+''' 1. Support of additional mesoscale models'''
+    • Including the support of ICON and WRF model output in order to provide a tool for mesoscale model foricng into PALM-4U to a wider range of national and international users to allow PALM-4U simulations with realistic weather conditions. 
+    • Adding the support of output originating from the chemical add-ons of the named models ICON-ART and WRF-Chem in order to also allow the conducting of simulations with realistic mesoscale meteorologic and air pollution conditions.
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+'''2. Precipitation'''
+    • Expanding of INIFOR to provide PALM-4U with mesoscale precipitation rates and cloud parameters 
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+'''3. Performance optimisation and parallelisation'''
+    • Parallelisation and optimisation of the code to allow faster processing of larger grid sizes by distributing data on cluster nodes
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+=== Structure of the project:
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+The project consists of one work package (P3) which can be divided into five different steps:
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+WP-P3.1: Introduction to mesoscale models and PALM-4U’s chemistry module 
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+WP-P3.2: Extension of INIFOR to precipitation and cloud-physical parameters
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+WP-P3.3: Interface to the mesoscale models ICON and WRF including their chemistry extensions
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+WP-P3.4: Performance optimisation, parallelisation, and documentation
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+WP-P3.5: Support for model evaluation and new users of INIFOR
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+=== Deliverables:
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+    1) Providing long term COSMO time series of precipitation for the use in WP-P5
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+    2) INIFOR release with support for COSMO precipitation and cloud parameters
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+    3) INIFOR release with interface for WRF/WRF-Chem
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+    4) INIFOR release with support for ICON/ICON-ART
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+    5) Parallelised version of INIFOR
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+    6) Documentation for users of the expanded interface
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+=== Progress so far:
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+=== References:
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+none
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+=== Contacts:
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+Heike.Noppel@dwd.de
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